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The Coming Wave; or, the Hidden Treasure of High Rock

Oliver Optic

This book is part of the Yacht Club Series and features a nautical adventure set primarily in Penobscot Bay.

"The Coming Wave; Or, The Hidden Treasure of High Rock" by Oliver Optic is a novel. This book is part of the Yacht Club Series and features a nautical adventure set primarily in Penobscot Bay.

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"Well, parsenger, we're likely to get in to port before long, if we only have a breeze of wind," said Harvey Barth, the cook and steward of the brig Waldo, in a peculiar, drawling tone, by which any one who knew the speaker might have recognized him without the use of his eyes.

The steward was a tall, lank, lantern-jawed man, whose cheek-bones were almost as prominent as his long nose. His face was pale, in spite of the bronze which a West India sun had imparted to it, and his hair was long and straight. He had a very thin beard of jet black, which contrasted strongly with the pallor of his face. His voice was hollow, and sounded doubly so from the drawl with which he uttered his sentences, and every remark he made was preceded by a single long-drawn hacking cough, which might have been caused by the force of habit or the incipient workings of disease. He was seated in the galley, abaft the foremast of the brig, and when the passenger showed himself at the door of the galley, he had been engaged in writing in a square record-book, which he closed the instant the visitor darkened the aperture of his den.

Contents

  1. 01Oliver Optic,
  2. 02With Thirteen Illustrations.
  3. 03The Yacht Club Series.
  4. 04Preface.
  5. 05Contents.
  6. 06The Coming Wave;
  7. 07The Hidden Treasure of High Rock.
  8. 08Chapter I.
  9. 09The Tempest in the Bay.
  10. 10Chapter II.
  11. 11The Last of the Waldo.
  12. 12Chapter III.
  13. 13"Harvey Barth, His Diary."
  14. 14Chapter IV.
  15. 15Stumpy and Others.
  16. 16Chapter V.
  17. 17Herr Schlager.
  18. 18Chapter VI.
  19. 19Miss Sarah Liverage.
  20. 20Chapter VII.
  21. 21Something About the Hidden Treasure.
  22. 22Chapter VIII.
  23. 23An Important Discovery.
  24. 24Chapter IX.
  25. 25Coffin Rock.
  26. 26Chapter X.
  27. 27Doubts and Debts.
  28. 28Chapter XI.
  29. 29In the Fog.
  30. 30Chapter XII.
  31. 31An Extensive Arrival.
  32. 32Chapter XIII.
  33. 33The Excursion to High Rock.
  34. 34Chapter XIV.
  35. 35The Fair Thing.
  36. 36Chapter XV.
  37. 37The Waldo's Passenger.
  38. 38Chapter XVI.
  39. 39Gold and Bills.
  40. 40Chapter XVII.
  41. 41The First of July.
  42. 42Chapter XVIII.
  43. 43The Coming Wave.
  44. 44Oliver Optic's Books.
  45. 45In Doors and Out:
  46. 46Views from a Chimney Corner.
  47. 47Young America Abroad.
  48. 48Young America Abroad.
  49. 49The Great Western Series.
  50. 50Woodville Stories.
  51. 51For Adult Readers.
  52. 52Living Too Fast;
  53. 53The Confessions of a Bank Officer

About this edition

Author
Oliver Optic
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
163 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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